If asked the question: What is the biggest
selling single record of all time, what would you say? The answer may surprise
you, since it isn’t by the Beatles or Elvis. The record is Bing Crosby’s
“White Christmas,” recorded on May 29, 1942.

Since it first came out, more
than 30 million copies of Crosby’s rendition have been bought. Adding the
many versions of the song recorded by other artists, estimates are that
“White Christmas” has stacked up sales of 125 million copies. When Bing
recorded “White Christmas,” Americans spent $634 million on records, radios
and musical instruments. Now, we spend just over $11.5 billion on sound
recordings alone each year.